The seasonally adjusted annual rates of housing starts in Canada rose 1.9 percent from a month earlier to 226,639 units in August 2019, beating market expectations of 215,000. Urban starts increased 2.0 percent to 213,663 units, as single-detached urban starts jumped 13.6 percent to 53,275 units, while multiple urban starts fell 1.4 percent to 160,388 units. Rural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 12,976 units. Housing Starts in Canada averaged 186.05 Thousand units from 1977 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 291.60 Thousand units in March of 1978 and a record low of 90.70 Thousand units in August of 1982.